. 1H1I 1 11 11f li,l ,., , I/ I l' -';LL II ".. I ">- J ..:::\ 6 8 , I' I J H lt '/ \ -, :- \ ,' - U " ", p ) " II ) 11 -k - ::::::::- -6- -t, ___-, ' \ 0 a smile Then a strange thing hap- pened. The old man had been starIng down at I)onald, in a way that drew his own gaze irresistibly, and as their e) es met, evervthing seemed to waver a little, like a breeze disturbing a curtain. The old man, though, loomed larger, and bolder, and more majestic than be- fore. "Do you know who I am?" he asked-and, strangely, Donald knew. This was Jupiter, god of all the pagans That one, over by the table, was Mars. And this other, by the door, the spry one, \vas :\;lercury-god of --\ " I II I - ï-L\ _ .;: . !f íl l' - u -=- I .1 líl J IIJII ! I ,_ 6 . \\ - 0 I ' I ' j , -- ---"- l { 4 7 9 , I I t_ 'I " I - I , -\ . . thieves (that eXplained the accent), of actors (that eXplained the costume) , and of travellers, merchants.. . . . He re- membered that much-and what else? Hunters, maybe? He didn't remember. Or wasn't Artemis, or Diana, the god- dess of hunters? And if so, then, per- haps the girl . . . " y 0" h O d 0 I f h es, SIr, e sal qUIet y, or e re- alized the old man-the god now-was waitIng for an answer. "1 know." "You could hunt with us, you know." " ) 7" 0 I " D ld . d es, Sl1. suppose so, ona saI, 43 HII I I fJ}f I --=-- ' I l 'III I I I , -"? d t \ I .:D but he sd.id it wIthout much enthusi'lS111, for he knew already that he didn't want to. He knew, too, that he was being led toward a dangerous decision. There is a kind of prescience that comes in dreams, so one knows what is going to happen before it occurs and i still pow- erless to prevent it, and whether Donald was dreaming or not-or was even then dreaming within a dream-he had that prescIence now. He kne\v what was coming and he knew all its implications, and yet-real- ly like one in a dream now, a double